On the LNER picket line in Leeds on Friday 2 February there were larger numbers present than on other recent strike days. The mood was buoyed by the victory over the attempt to use the minimum service levels legislation against them. The government-owned LNER was defeated by Aslef’s preparedness to escalate action. Iain Dalton, Leeds…
In West Yorkshire, Socialist Party members joined two 1000+ strong demonstrations on Saturday 20th January. The now weekly march in Leeds swelled up from hundreds the week before to around a thousand this week, marching noisily round the city. In Batley several hundred had assembled to march to Dewsbury but as they set off people…
4/11/23 – Leeds – ‘we expect better’ Through the weekly demonstrations, the focus has moved to Labour and Keir Starmer. “We expect better”, a speaker said. And the political awareness of demonstrators is growing as the demos go on. People are realising that Labour does not represent the working class anymore. Mentions of socialism are…
Leeds – loud protest, until crowd fell silent From Briggate to the Art Gallery, chants could be heard loud. Demonstrators were well aware of the lack of coverage the capitalist media has given to the crisis in Gaza. Palestinians living in England have families directly affected. This is more than an isolated conflict. It affects…
Unite members at Sulzer pumps were out in force for the first of a series Friday strikes until 7th July called in their dispute over pay with the company. Making high performance pumps, including for oil rigs, the Leeds site alone was projected to bring in over £20m in profit this year. Iain Dalton, Leeds…
Across Leeds, nurses and ambulance workers were both taking part in strike action on International Workers Day, following their rejection of the government’s well before invitation 5% pay offer. Iain Dalton, Leeds Socialist Party Turnout on the RCN picket line at St James’s Hospital was much higher than during the last round of strike action….
Over 2,000 trades unionist joined the demonstration called by the TUC in Leeds as part of their day of action in defence of the right to strike, called in opposition to the government’s latest anti-union legislation sending minimum service levels on strike day. The march was joined by large delegations from the UCU, NEU, ASLEF…
Over 100 people joined a demonstration on Saturday28 Jan called by Keep Our NHS Public to protest at the NHS funding crisis. We were across the road from the site of the proposed new Leeds Children’s Hospital, one of those in the Tories 2019 manifesto and one of the new 48 hospitals promised by Boris Johnson when…
Socialist Party members in West Yorkshire visited Unison picket lines at Wakefield Ambulance station, Richmond Hill Ambulance station in Leeds and Yorkshire Ambulance Service headquarters as they took their second round of 12 hour strike action on 23rd January. Iain Dalton, Socialist Party Yorkshire secretary Across the picket lines we visited there was a growing…
In the largest action taken by Delivery drivers in one city yet, drivers working for Deliveroo, Stuart/JustEat and UberEats took strike action from 5pm Friday 21st October til midnight Sunday 23rd October. Iain Dalton, Leeds Socialist Party Over twenty picket lines were mounted across Leeds, with reports of 11 KFC’s, 9 McDonalds, 2 Burger Kings,a…
